Bag-fastener



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B. WILSON. BAG FASTENER.

. No. 405,518. PatentedJune 18, 1889.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT VILSON, OF GRUBVILLE, MISSOURL BAG-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,518, dated June 18,1889. Application filed February 12, 1889. Serial No. 299,588. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT WILsoN, of

Grubville, in the county of Jefferson and' The invention consists ofcertain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will behereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure -1 is a perspective View of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the improvement in an open position. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the improvement in a closed position and with parts insection. Fig. l is a plan view of a modified form or: the improvement.Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another modified form of the improvement,and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same.

The improved bag-fastener is composed of the members 0 and D, lying sideby side in the same plane and hinged together at one end by a link E.The inner corners of the members-that is, the portions lying between theopposite cross-bars e of the link E when the parts are in the positionshown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 6-are rounded off, as shown at 0 (Z. Each ofthe members 0 and D is provided at its inner edge with a curved recess 0or D, respectively, as is plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 8. A rod F passestransversely and loosely through a corresponding aperture (-1 in thefree end of the member 0, its outer end being bent at right angles toform a hook or collar F, which prevents the rod from being pulled out ofthe members. The rod F is provided on the opposite end from that havingthe hook F with a ring F adapted to pass, with part of the slot D formedin the front end of the member l).

When the members 0 and D are closed, as shown in Fig. 3, the ring F ison the front rod F, through a longitudinally-eXtending 5o edge of themember D, so that when the op- 5 5 erator takes hold of the said ring Fand gives it a quarter-turn said ring Wlll stand at right angles to theslot D and the two members 0 and D will be locked in place in a closedposition.

When the device is to be applied, the fastcner is in an open position,as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the mouth of the bag is then folded up inthe usual manner, after which the members 0 and D are placed around thefolded part, which extends between the curved recesses O and D. The freeends of the members C and D are then pressed firmly toward each other,so that the rod F, with its ring F passes through the slot D after whichthe operatorgives the rod F a quarter-turn by taking hold of the ring Fas before described. The bag fastener is then looked in place on themouth of the bag and effectively closes the same.

The bag-fastener is quickly removed by giving the ring F .aquarter-turn, so as to place it in line with the slot D of the member D.The two members C and D can then be swung apart and removed from themouth of the bag.

In the modification shown in Fig.4 the rod F is replaced by a link Hpivoted on the member 0 and passed over the front end of the member D toengage a notch H in the latter.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the rod F is mounted to turnin the member 0, and is adapted to pass into a recess D formed in thefront end of the member D. The rod F is then turned so that the ring Fstands vertically and engages a notch D in the front edge of the memberD.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The herein-described bag-fasten er, comprisingtwo fiat members 0 D, lying in the same blame with their adjacent edgesrecessed and member and locking the front end of the 0p their inner rearcorners rounded, apertures posite member thereto, substantially as setbeing formed in their rear ends, the rectforth.

angular link E, the opposite cross-bars of ROBERT WILSON. 5 which extendone through each of said aper- Witnesses:

tures to connect the two members, and a MALETA DENNY,

fastening turning on the forward end of one JAMES P. KEE.

